What festivals do Tibetans have?

April 15 is the Sagadawa Festival for Tibetans. There are two opinions about it: one is to commemorate the day when Sakyamuni became a monk; One is to commemorate the day when Princess Wencheng arrived in Lhasa. On this day, religious commemorative activities will be held all over Tibet. Some Tibetans in Yunnan are going to worship in the desert mountain in Weixi county, and there is a ceremony of "turning to Jiela" (going around the mountain).

2. Daughter's Day

Tibetans in Wenxian County, Gansu Province celebrate their "Daughter's Day" every year on the fourth and fifth day of the fifth lunar month. During the festival, girls, accompanied by their brothers, put on gorgeous clothes, bring delicious food, go up the mountain to pick tea and sing, and toast each other with the young man to wish good luck.

3. Guo Wang Festival

Guowang Festival is one of the traditional Tibetan festivals in Tibet. This festival lasts for one to three days. Every July, when the grain harvest is in sight, Tibetans will walk around the fields with scrolls and wish the harvest. At the same time, horse racing, archery, cultural performances and other activities are held.

4. Snowden Festival

Xuedun Festival is a traditional Tibetan festival, which originated in the middle of 1 1 century. In Tibetan, "snow" means "yogurt" and "meal" means "banquet". The Snowdon Festival is the Yogurt Festival, which is held every year on June 30th in the Tibetan calendar and lasts for four or five days. According to Buddhist regulations, monks are forbidden to go out for a period of time. In summer, when the Tibetan calendar expires at the end of June, monks leave the temple and go down the mountain, and secular people give yogurt. This is purely a religious activity.

5. Year of Agriculture in Tibet

Because of the Tibetan calendar 1 month, farmers in Houzang (the main grain-producing area in Tibet, referring to Xigaze area) will start spring ploughing, and Tibetan ancestors in Houzang area have long designated the annual Tibetan calendar of 65438+February 1 as the Tibetan New Year.

Generally speaking, the Tibetan custom of celebrating the Year of the Peasant is only in Shigatse, Tibet, including Nimu County in Lhasa, Tibet, and most parts of Tibet celebrate the New Year on the Tibetan calendar 1 day every year.